Employers must beware of phishing scams, especially those targeting the personal tax information of employees. Sounds obvious but it’s apparently a lesson learned the hard way for Sprouts Farmers Market. An employee filed a class action against the grocery chain in Southern California last month alleging it negligently released 21,000 W-2 forms and related information, including Social Security numbers, of its current and former employees in response to a phishing scam.
“Defendants owed a legal duty to Plaintiff and the other employees who work or worked at any Sprouts location nationwide … to maintain, protect, and safeguard their tax information,” reads the complaint. “Defendants breached that duty by negligently compiling Plaintiff and Class Members’ private tax information and sending it off to third parties.”
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